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REC Annual Report 2011
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with both management and employee representatives that meet
monthly to discuss and resolve issues to protect the work environment.
Safety performance
A summary of REC’s safety performance is provided below. REC ended
2011 with no work-related fatalities in more than 7.5million worked
hours across the workforce.
The total number of Lost Time Injuries (LTI) was 11, down from29 in
2010. The LTI- rate (number of LTI per million worked hours) was 1.4 in
2011 compared with 3.9 in 2010. This represents real world class
performance, since REC’s LTI-rate is the best rate achieved benchmarked
to average energy, semiconductor and process industry results. The
number of Total Recordable Injuries (TRI) was 44, down from59 in 2010.
The TRI-rate (number of TRI per million worked hours) decreased from
8.0 in 2010 to 5.7. Even if the result represents an improvement, REC is
continuously working to reduce the TRI-rate.
The strong downward trend REC has recorded from2009 to the present
is a result of increased focus on systematic safety leadership and
standardization throughout the organization. This includes setting clear
performance and improvement targets for all units, weekly and monthly
HSE job observations performed by management as well as extensive
management and team involvement in each incident investigation.
HSE performance and systems are developed, monitored, audited, and
reviewed to identify trends, measure progress, assess compliance, drive
continuous improvement, manage risks and provide assurance that
governing processes are working effectively.
ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE
Environmental performance
Sustainability is an integral part of the strategy of REC. This includes
maximizing the energy efficiency of its products, minimizing negative
environmental impacts, and preventing pollution from all business
activities and products. Both REC and the solar industry in general
depend on the safety and sustainability of PVproducts.
(INDICATOR)
REC SILICON
RECWAFER
REC SOLAR
2011 TOTAL
Energy and emissions
Electricity (GWh)
1 544
273
290
2 107
Direct energy consumption (GWh)
1 034
0
0.22
1 034
Direct emissions (MT CO
2
-eq)
211 203
0
46
211 249
Indirect emissions from electricity (MT CO
2
-eq)
312 536
3 826
122 050
438 412
NO
x
emissions (MT)
58
0
0
58
Water
Municipal water consumption (million m3/yr)
1.0
7.5
3.1
11.6
Surface water consumption (million m3/yr)
3.5
6.9
0
10.4
Waste water discharge (million m3/yr)*
1.6
9.6
2.7
13.9
Waste
Non-hazardous waste recycled (MT)
355
4 680
1 016
6 015
Non-hazardous waste to energy recovery (MT)
0
639
107
745
Non-hazardous waste to landfill (MT)
11 421
9 913
3 954
25 288
Hazardous waste treatment (MT)
354
182
10 365
10 901
Raw material use**
Metal Grade Silicon (MT)
28 445
0
0
28 445
Polysilicon (MT)
0
3 116
3 680
6 846
Process pastes (MT)
0
0
47 460
47 460
Glass (MT)
0
0
1 368
1 368
Ethylene vinyl acetate (MT)
0
0
3 791
3 791
Polyester backsheet (MT)
0
0
4 445
4 445
Aluminium (MT)
0
0
7 206
7 206
Other figures
Ozone-depleting substances (MT CFC-11eq)
0
0
0
0
Number of permit breaches ***
8
8
0
16
*
Value includes total waste water discharges, sanitary discharge, non-contact water
discharge to land or site pond, and discharges managed by waste contractor.
** Data includes main rawmaterials consumed in production process and going into the
final module product. Additional process aids are also consumed but this data is not
currently provided.
*** Data includes incidents where emission limits were exceeded.